West Bengal: DRI sleuths seize fake Indian currency notes smuggled from Bangladesh.
KOLKATA: Sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence have seized fake Indian currency notes (FICN) from a person after he alighted from a bus in Darjeeling district of West Bengal.
The person who was carrying 60 pieces of high-quality FICN, having a face value of Rs 1,20,000, was arrested, a DRI said in a statement here on Sunday.
The consigned entered into India from Bangladesh after crossing the border in Malda district of West Bengal.
Acting on specific intelligence, DRI sleuths intercepted him after he got down from a bus at Bidhan Nagar in Darjeeling district on Saturday and recovered the fake notes after searching him.
During interrogation, the arrested person said he received the notes from someone in Malda district for supplying them to a person at Araria in Bihar, the statement said.
The 40-year-old accused hailed from a village in Kishanganj district of Bihar.
Related Posts
Five accused of smugging cigarettes worth Dh500,000
Five men have been accused of involvement in a case of smuggling 250,000 packs of...
UK’s largest illegal tobacco factory was in Crook, County Durham
THE masterminds behind a £10million fraud have been jailed after they were caught...
1.5kg gold seized at Cochin airport
KOCHI: A customs preventive commissionerate team and customs air intelligence...
Higher cigarette taxes boon to organised crime
Higher taxes aren't generally a path to economic growth and job creation. Higher...